Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This service is still in development. Give us your feedback or view this page on the current PRONOM service.

Format

RealMedia

Download XML

Summary

Name
RealMedia
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.rn-realmedia
  • PUID: x-fmt/190
Format type
  • Audio
  • Video
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
File extensions
rm, rmvb
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

RealMedia

Note
File header chunk + chunk size

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
2E524D46000000(10|12)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V72

    Release date
    12 November 2013

    RealMedia: Extension information added.

  • Updated in V58

    Release date
    21 March 2012

    RealMedia: Format name changed for greater accuracy and consistency. Existing signature refined by information provided by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.

  • Added in V50

    Release date
    20 May 2011

    RealAudio Video: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.